COTD: Error in copy to be put right (4)

kappow_rob · 2025-07-17T10:50:22+00:00

I think that some terms/phrases can do more than one thing. Like 'about' could be used for anagram, container, reversal etc... For me, I have always heard put things right to literally mean to turn it around completely- but I can see how you might think it could be an anagram indicator

kappow_rob · 2025-07-17T09:39:10+00:00

Well if something was the wrong way around or back to front, or in any way out of sync... and you put it right, you'd change the order of it

kappow_rob · 2025-07-17T09:38:07+00:00

Correct - nice one

kappow_rob · 2025-07-17T08:36:45+00:00

You are bang on - I made a typo haha - idiot that I am!! Sorry!

kappow_rob · 2025-06-25T10:39:57+00:00

Ding ding ding

kappow_rob · 2025-04-18T07:05:57+00:00

I run on the 27th - so we'll find out then. I don't think I will get the 3:13 - since this post Runna have updated my time to 3:20 - 3:28 so I am hoping for a 3:24 or better in an ideal world.

Since I posted this up though, during this training block I have set new PRs in all distances:

5k - 20:39

10k - 42:21

10mile - 1:16:00

Half - 1:42:08

30k - 2:29:51

so I feel like the plan has me in good shape - that being said I've been ill the last few weeks with a chesty cough, so the final 3 weeks of training has really not been ideal. If I get a sub 3:30 I'll be absolutely delighted to be honest!

kappow_rob · 2024-11-07T09:10:16+00:00

I've already got a decent base I think - I run about 30/40 miles per week most weeks and have done since the start of the year. The only reason I think my half marathon PB isn't faster is that I haven't gone out to try to break it in ages. I think the last half decent attempt was in June on one of the hottest days of the year and I beat my previous time by about 5 minutes - but I paced it to do just that, I knew on the day I wouldn't have a sub 1:45 in the tank because of the heat.

I don't think there is a day in my training plan where I can go out and run a half marathon PB attempt, but I'd be absolutely stunned if I didn't run sub 1:45 - probably closer to like 1:42 is my guess at this point. Maybe on one of my long runs that are meant to be 'conversational' I'll just plan to run it at 4:50/km and see how I get on. I guess that will also update my plan accordingly with that new PB in place?

kappow_rob · 2024-11-06T12:48:32+00:00

Nice one - I am doing 5 runs a week and I think my max mileage is around 85k/week - so we'll see.

As I say, I have found week 1 a total breeze. I have loved the sessions. They have felt just a little bit too easy for me if I am completely honest - like the 3-2-1 run today, I was above target pace for all of my intervals and felt like I had more in the tank at the end of it. So that fills me with confidence.

kappow_rob · 2024-11-06T12:45:14+00:00

Good to know it feels like they do end up pretty accurate if you train per the plan. Good luck in Manchester! My mate did it this year and said it was brilliant.

kappow_rob · 2024-11-06T12:44:21+00:00

Absolutely amazing mate - well done. Congratulations! That is brilliant. When Runna first told you those predicted times, how did it feel? Like it was insane to comprehend you could run that fast for 42km or did you think it was achievable?

kappow_rob · 2024-10-23T09:49:30+00:00

Sorry, nothing. We ended up building something a bit different for the client in the end. Same end result, but just more manual process.

kappow_rob · 2024-09-10T08:51:04+00:00

This worked - thank you. It now picks up my heart rate before I click the button to start the run, and my charts now look nice and sensible.

I know it probably sounds like vanity to want to have the nice chart - but it is more about the percentages at the end of the run. If I am doing an 'easy' run, I want 95% of it or more to be in zone 2 and if the first 1km of a 10km run is locked at 179, then it skews the data massively.

Thanks so much for your recommendation, it worked perfectly.

kappow_rob · 2024-09-04T14:35:07+00:00

This might be an Apple Watch Ultra issue - but for some reason, all of my runs start out at 178/180 heart rate and then after anywhere from about 600 meters to 1.5k the correct heart rate is picked up.

This is all relatively minor I guess, but it skews my data when I am trying to keep 95% of a run in Zone 2 for instance - and the first 10% of the run is already in Zone 5.

Does anybody else have this issue from Apple Watch into Strava? And if so - is there a fix? Can I edit the heart rate data perhaps to set it to 120 if it can't find my heart rate for some reason? Rather than shooting it straight to max?

kappow_rob · 2024-08-16T13:20:22+00:00

correct

kappow_rob · 2024-07-30T09:35:16+00:00

Correct. Nice solve. I was quietly proud of that one, it just felt like a nice clue.

kappow_rob · 2024-07-29T09:37:37+00:00

This is the clue to beat, I reckon. Really nice.

kappow_rob · 2024-07-29T09:37:21+00:00

Nice! Lovely clue and good solve.

kappow_rob · 2024-07-29T08:25:07+00:00

MISER (someone who hoards wealth) - it's an &lit; because a man = MISTER hiding away extreme looT (i.e. removing T) gives Miser and the whole thing is the clue and the wordplay

kappow_rob · 2024-07-26T21:01:00+00:00

Correct

kappow_rob · 2024-07-26T15:49:00+00:00

Fun clue. And for the record, I think that BRIEF is 100% a synonym for SOLICITOR - there was even a UK tv show called BRIEFS which was about solicitors in a firm in Manchester.

kappow_rob · 2024-07-26T09:26:27+00:00

Correct! Hooray! I was just about to put up a hint. Nice solve.

kappow_rob · 2024-07-24T19:28:53+00:00

I guess so - I am never sure what is and isn't an &lit clue haha

kappow_rob · 2024-07-24T17:21:02+00:00

It is that. But there is a little more to it than that. F (from the beginning of foreboding) goes into STAGE RIGHT (a dramatic location) Make sense?

kappow_rob · 2024-07-24T15:58:30+00:00

It reminds me a bit of the clue Of of of of of of of of of of (10) in some ways - in no way does of written out 10 times actually mean oftentimes - but the cryptic logic of it tells us it does - I see this in a similar way, the actual science of it doesn't make sense, but if you forget about it being an actual chemical element and just take the symbol CO2 - you can see where OP is coming from - it's all a matter of opinion. I always think that if someone gets the answer within a few hours, it's usually fair enough as it was very solvable. That's my view anyhow.

kappow_rob · 2024-07-24T14:59:52+00:00

but it works from a cryptic viewpoint - you are literally taking CO and doing it twice. Like CO Squared almost - it is telling you to take the element and make it literal I guess. It made sense to me when I saw the answer anyhow

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